Primarily the ancestors of Martha C. Mason (1810-1850) of Illinois. Her parents were Isaac Mason (1782-1853) and Sarah T. Rice (1787-1830) of Tennessee. Her husband was Henry F. Bourland (1803-1844). Ancestors lived mainly in England, Massachusetts, Delaware, Vermont, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois and Michigan.

Ralph Wilmer Gemmer was born 14 March 1904 in Williamsport, Indiana. His parents were Wilmer Henry Gemmer and Leota May Biggs. His grandparents were Phillip Christian Gemmer, Lydia Emily Smith, Elias A. Biggs and Helena Bell Crane. He married Tommy Lord (1907-1992) 8 July 1927. They had two daughters. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Texas, Virginia, Connecticut and New Jersey.

Thomas Read was living in Salem, Massachusetts by 1636. He married Alice and they had four children. He married Mary and they had eleven children. He died in 1667. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Maine, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Wisconsin..

"It is the purpose of this work ... to give genealogies of some of the families who first settled there, and of their descendants, but it is in no wise intended to give an account of Concord, its settlement, history or growth, except as may appear in the personal relations of some herein noted" -- Pref .

Hiram Bennett was born in 1796 in Franklin County, Georgia. He married Theodosia Dobbs (d. 1845) in 1820. They had ten children. He married Sarah Dougan (1827-1915) in 1846 in Dallas, Texas. They had seven children. He died in 1888 in Mesquite, Texas.

Guy Meek was probably born in England or Wales. He emigrated and settled in Maryland. He married Rachel and they had eight children. He died in about 1682 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.

Alonzo Wade was born in 1910. He married Gladys P. Stevenson in 1950. They had three children, and settled in west coast of Washington. Their ancestors settled in Kentucky, New Jersey, and Virginia in the 1700's. During the 1800's, some moved to Arkansas, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. Later descendants also lived in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas,...

Ancestral families and family of Eva Belle Kempton (1878-1908). She was born in Croydon, New Hampshire, the daughter of Frank Warren Kempton (ca. 1851-1890) and Alice M. Bartlett Kempton (1857-1808). She was adopted by George and Louisa Worthen Barnes at the age of six. She married 1) Emery Glidden Ordway (1874-1905) in 1896. They had two children, 1897-1900. She married 2) Leo James Barrowns, (1870-1937) in 1906. They had two children, 1906-1908....